By Tom Breihan on January 4, 2011 at 6:20 p.m. EST

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Gucci Mane, whose real name is Radric Davis, has been committed to a psychiatric hospital. Yesterday, with Gucci facing charges of probation violation, Gucci's lawyer filed a plea of "mental incompetency," stating that he was unable to stand trial. The judge ordered him sent to Atlanta's Anchor Hospital, a psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment facility.

By Tom Breihan on November 2, 2010 at 7:20 p.m. EDT

UPDATE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a lucky break for Gucci: Prosecutors ordered him released from jail this morning. They're not pursing the charges "for want of prosecution," though the charges could be refiled later.

Well, this sucks. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Atlanta rap star Gucci Mane has been arrested. Again. According to the newspaper, the frequently-jailed rapper was arrested this morning for "driving on the wrong side of the road, running a red light or stop sign, damage to government property, obstruction, no license, no proof of insurance and other traffic charges."

By Tom Breihan on September 13, 2010 at 4:40 p.m. EDT

The ferociously prolific Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane has already released four mixtapes this year; the newest, Ferrari Music, came out just last week. But mixtapes are one thing, and proper albums are another.

September 28, Gucci will release the official follow-up to last year's The State Vs. Radric Davis. The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted is coming from 1017 Bricksquad/Asylum/Warner Bros., and it features appearances from people like Nicki Minaj, Bun B, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell, and Wyclef. We've got the tracklist below. Watch the video for the Justice-sampling "Gucci Time" featuring Swizz Beatz here.

By Ryan Dombal on July 22, 2010 at 4:10 p.m. EDT

When I interviewed the one-named front man for indie-pop upstarts Dom for a Rising piece in April, he talked about his dreams of signing with Lil Wayne's label, Young Money Entertainment. "I wanna go clubbing with Drake and Weezy. I wanna just just kick it with them, smoke some blunts, drink some Patron, play some video games. If they wanted to sign us, I'd be down like a clown, Charlie Brown," he said. Well, that shit hasn't happened. (Yet.)

But it seems a hell of a lot closer to reality now that Dom got rap mixtape kingpin (and sometime Wayne collaborator) Gucci Mane to drop a brand new verse and some trademark ad libs on their song "Living in America". Not only does Gucci go with the whole patriotic concept, he reps for Dom's hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts, rhyming "East Atlanta" with "Worcester-bama". Unreal.

By Larry Fitzmaurice on June 21, 2010 at 12:20 p.m. EDT

Ultra-prolific Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane just got out of prison last month, and he's wasted no time getting back to doing what he does best. Over the weekend, Gucci dropped a new mixtape made in collaboration with DJ Drama, Mr. Zone 6. The tape is 15 tracks long and features guest appearances from Bun B, Yo Gotti, and Waka Flocka Flame. Grab a look at the tracklist below, and download the whole thing over at Live Mixtapes.

By Tom Breihan on May 18, 2010 at 5:40 p.m. EDT

At last month's Coachella festival, Baltimore band Beach House tried out an unexpected cover: Gucci Mane's freaked-out street-rap goof "Lemonade". As Pitchfork's own Ian Cohen wrote in his Coachella review, "As beatific as Beach House can seem at times, they're not above laughing at themselves-- a minute-long 'work in progress' was stuck into the middle of their set, far more doom-laden and melodically limited than anything they've done to date. Turned out they were trying out a cover of Gucci Mane's 'Lemonade'."